From the northern socio-cultural organization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday came a bombshell: the north is gradually becoming Nigeria’s problem.

Rising from the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting its Board of Trustees (BOT) in Kaduna, ACF said recent happenings in the region should be a concern to Northern leaders.

BOT Vice Chairman, Senator Ladan Shuni said Northern leaders should act fast and help reverse the emerging scenario of North becoming a problem.

Shuni said: "There are a lot of crises in the North today. There have been Boko Haram, Kala Kato, and the present Jos crisis. The north is becoming the problem of the country and it is the north that should come together and solve the problem.

"Apart from the issue of begging, there are other problems that are hitherto not known or associated with the North, but kidnapping is even here in the North. Our education has not only gone done but has also deteriorated; there is unemployment everywhere and no sign of improvement.

"From the foregoing it is now the duty of the leaders both past and present and many who are here present to save the north in particular and the country in general, because as it is, the future is bleak."

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III said Muslims and non-Muslims must embrace dialogue as a means of resolving crisis.

The Sultan said those contemplating to retaliate the killings in the Jos crisis should have a rethink, so the issues will not spillover to other parts of the country.

"Let us not allow the devil the chance to divide our over 100 years of peaceful co-existence as one country. Let the almighty wipe our tears and be there for us."

Also speaking, Kaduna State Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo said steps must be taken to avert a recurrence of the Jos crisis.

He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to create job for the unemployed youths.

Gov. Sambo urged the people to disregard inciting messages capable of disrupting the peace in the state.